The Heart of Storytelling
In this podcast, we will explore the art of oral storytelling; looking at its history, its relevance today and discovering storytellers who are passionate about bringing stories to you in the oral form. Each week we hear from a new storyteller who will bring a story to life and share their journey into this traditional artform.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 59
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Jenni Cargill-Strong and finding belonging
Jenni is a nationally recognised storyteller and educator with thirty years experience, now based in Meanjin, or Brisbane. Jenni tells her stories eye to eye and heart to heart, engaging listeners wi…
00:44:30 |
Thu 26 Dec 2024
Marion Mary and dancing in the heart
Marion spent many hours in the evening as a child sitting on the lap of her mother reading stories. When she encountered the Art of Storytelling in 2013 it was evident. This was the craft of her hear…
00:34:59 |
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Donna Jacobs Sife and Building Peace
Donna Jacobs Sife is a writer, award-winning storyteller and peace -worker. From the United Nations to Woodford Folk Festival, her considerable international reputation is built on her capacity to br…
00:39:50 |
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Dave Tonge and interpreting history
Dave Tonge is a jobbing teller of tales. An itinerant journeyman who performs at festivals,museums, heritage sites and schools. From Lindisfarne Holy Island in the north, to ArundelCastle in the sout…
00:37:34 |
Thu 14 Nov 2024
Phil Greenwood and sacred landscapes
Philip Greenwood is the founder and creative director of Sacred Earth Community Benefit Society, working through the mediums of deep nature connection, earth wisdom and ancient healing practices and …
00:35:11 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Liz Locksley and telling a new story
Liz is a storyteller and narrator of systems for life: food, water, energy, movement, community, hope, and spirit of the land.
An engineer by training, and a storyteller by provenance, Liz grew up be…
An engineer by training, and a storyteller by provenance, Liz grew up be…
00:37:37 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Dee Palanisamy and trusting the stories
Durgah Devi Palanisamy (Dee) is an international, multicultural storyteller and educator from Singapore, currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Her boundless passion for the art of storytelling rad…
00:43:53 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
Anna Jarrett and story inner work
Anna Jarrett is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, inspirational speaker,published author, recording artist, story consultant, teacher, trainer, writer andoutdoor guide, living on the south co…
00:58:56 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Jackie Kerin and crafting original stories
Jackie was born in Melbourne and set up home here in Newport almost 30 years ago after living in nearly every State and Territory in Australia, She’s been an actress and worked in theatre, film and t…
00:51:58 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Rachel Hedman and building communities
Rachel Hedman competed in storytelling as a sophomore high schooler in 1994. Everything went wrong with her first telling, and she considered quitting. By senior year, she received 5th in State (Wisc…
00:53:39 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Tim Sheppard and a profound tradition
From Tim: Long, long ago I was an acrobat in the New Circus revolution. Surprisingly that took me deeply into how to connect with people using narrative. That’s how I realised that story is at the he…
00:55:30 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
Jan Blake and being wonderfully human
Jan Blake is a storyteller, consultant, mentor & plenary speaker who has been performing world-wide since 1986. Born in Manchester, UK to Jamaican parents, Jan specialises in folktales and myths from…
00:41:35 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Alyssa and the end of the storytelling course
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00:48:38 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Csenge and diving deep into research
Csenge Virág Zalka is a professional storyteller and author from Hungary. She collects, researches, and performs traditional stories in three languages. Csenge holds a master's degree in Storytelling…
00:39:16 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Beverley Bryant and stories in landscape
Beverley has been involved in communication all of her working life. She started her career working for Jackie magazine before moving into marketing then lecturing and teaching. Beverley counts herse…
00:44:42 |
Wed 29 May 2024
Priscilla Howe and Story Wonder
Priscilla Howe, a full-time storyteller since 1993, travels the world (15 countries and counting) with a headful of stories for all ages. She’s primarily known as a performer for children but also ha…
00:44:07 |
Wed 22 May 2024
Rebecca and holding space for story
Rebecca Lemaire is a versatile Belgian-British storyteller based in the south of Spain. She tells stories and teaches wherever the wind takes her across Europe, Asia and Africa, at festivals, in a pr…
00:54:39 |
Tue 21 May 2024
Kerima Mohideen and story activism
Kerima is an activist storyteller and educator with roots in both South London and South Asia. She trained at the School of Storytelling at Emerson College in Sussex where she created her first hour …
00:37:10 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Shane Ibbs and engaging audiences
Shane is a trained Oral Storyteller from the UK, with International and National experience in Canada, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Holland, Sweden, Ireland and all over the UK. A frequent storyteller at nume…
00:55:32 |
Thu 09 May 2024
Rebecca and holding space for story
Rebecca Lemaire is a versatile Belgian-British storyteller based in the south of Spain. She tells stories and teaches wherever the wind takes her across Europe, Asia and Africa, at festivals, in a pr…
00:54:39 |
Wed 01 May 2024
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